Velvet Ant weightlifting

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Velvet Ant weightlifting

Velvet Ant weightlifting

Quite an interesting insect. Beautiful.
2skinners
on Apr 24, 2007 4:39 pm
Lat/Lon: 34.91860°N / 111.884°W
Image Type(s): Wildlife
Image ID: 288059

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rhyang

rhyang - Apr 24, 2007 4:48 pm - Voted 10/10

Velvet ant ?

I believe this might be what is known as velvet ant (Mutillidae) ... actually they belong to the wasp family, strangely enough.

I once was an insect nerd, sorry :)

2skinners - Apr 24, 2007 4:54 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Velvet ant ?

Cool. Thanks, I will have to change the title now to read correctly

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